verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb

1. 1
   To unwind; to untangle. transitive

   "unclue ropes"

2. 2
   To decipher; to untangle (e.g. a mystery) transitive

   "uncluing the plot"

Etymology

From un- + clue.

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